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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Results Are Good
Omaha, NE - After a series of pit bull attacks earlier this year, the City of Omaha passed a tough dog ordinance, which has several breed-specific rules targeting pit bulls. The new ordinance requires pit bull owners to muzzle their dog when off-property and purchase liability insurance. The ordinance has been in effect since October 15. DogsBite.org has extensive coverage of the Omaha attacks and subsequent steps to create a new ordinance.

Early results include:

Nearly 50 citations and/or declarations have been issued by the Nebraska Humane Society in just six weeks since Omaha's new dog ordinances went into effect.

Since October 15th, 19 tickets have been written where dogs were tethered outside for longer than 15 minutes without having an adult present for supervision.

In the same six week period, 13 citations have been issued to Pit Bull owners who were unable to provide proof of insurance.

Twenty-four declarations have been issued in cases where the Humane Society determined a dog to be "dangerous" as defined by the Omaha ordinance.

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4 comments:

Anonymous | 12/03/2008 4:18 AM | FlagThe Omaha Humane Society should get the DBO A/C Dept of the Year Award.

The nutter boards are calling for a boycott of donations to them since they are the total opposite of the desired Jere Alexander-type of organization.

Still, even though the law is great, will the pit community comply?

Anonymous | 12/03/2008 4:34 AM | FlagI think the award needs to go to Little Rock, Arkansas. Mandatory spay/neuter and a NO ADOPT OUT policy for pit bulls from the city shelter? Not to mention the sticker required on the home that says "PIT BULL INSIDE." Now that is a progressive ordinance! But Omaha is surely in a close second running, as is Moses Lake, WA. [NOTE, I imagine the no adopt out policy in Little Rock stems from the large degree of dogfighting in the city and all the extra dogs produced from this. This is what a city must do under these circumstances.]